The End

1978 · 100 MIN · IMDB 6.1 · 4,554 VOTES · DIR. Burt Reynolds

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Overview

Wendell Lawson has only six months to live. Not wanting to endure his last few months of life waiting for the end, he decides to take matters into his own hands and enlists the help of a delusional mental patient to help him commit suicide.

Comedy1970s

Dialogue Timeline — 1,967 lines

A SAMPLE ACROSS THE RUNTIME — EVERY LINE IS SEARCHABLE

00:00:10 Captioning made possible by mgm home entertainment
00:04:45 I feel sick, but I don't feel like I'm dying.
00:09:26 though it's difficult for some to understand
00:16:29 Dave?
00:21:05 Check the third floor.
00:25:12 Jessie, julie...
00:30:00 You don't let go. You won't release.
00:33:22 They might have some downers though.
00:36:37 After that, we're attending a seminar.
00:40:14 Our orphaned baby otters would have starved
00:44:39 Dad. Yeah?
00:51:19 Oh, my god
00:55:44 To tell a person how they can die
00:59:58 You say it like you're proud!
01:03:56 He likes to get his way.
01:06:47 You're just a wife, not a selfish bitch.
01:10:07 How could you? Damn it!
01:13:39 You got a lot of rules about dying, too.
01:16:36 God damn it, pull me back!
01:19:22 Owwww!
01:23:34 If you're going to make glasses out of jelly jars
01:26:42 Suicide.
01:32:01 Why'd daddy do it?
01:36:43 You son of a gun! You're so-you fink!

Cast & Characters

Burt Reynolds Wendell Sonny Lawson Sally Field Mary Ellen Dom DeLuise Marlon Borunki Strother Martin Dr. Waldo Kling David Steinberg Marty Lieberman Joanne Woodward Jessica Lawson Norman Fell Dr. Samuel Krugman Myrna Loy Maureen Lawson Kristy McNichol Julie Lawson Pat O'Brien Ben Lawson

Dialogue Record

Lines indexed1,967
Dialogue density19.7 lines / min
First line00:00:10
Final line01:36:43

Production Record

DirectorBurt Reynolds
LanguageEnglish
Budget$3,000,000
Revenue$45,000,000
IMDb votes4,554